§ MR. MANDEVILLE (Tipperary, S.)I beg to ask the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland if it is a fact that representations by a number of labourers in Emly, County Tipperary, were made to the Tipperary Board of Guardians last, November, requesting that labourers' cottages should be erected in that district; whether the Memorials have been considered by the Guardians; and whether a Local Government Board Inspector has been sent down to inquire into the matter; and, if not, on what grounds?
MR. J. MORLEYThe Local Government Board inform me that application was made in November last to the Board of Guardians by a number of ratepayers for the erection of labourers' cottages in the Emly district. The matter has since been under the consideration of the Guardians, who have called for maps and specifications, &c. I am advised that no unreasonable delay has taken place on the part of the Guardians, who have already largely availed themselves of the powers given to them by the Labourers' Acts. The matter does not appear to call for any action at present on the part of the Local Government Board.